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For Restaurants Cutting Their Carbon Footprint, Composting Food Scraps Is Just the Beginning

EATER

Kitchens as Energy Hogs Commercial kitchens use anywhere from two to 10 times more energy per square foot than other commercial businesses, Richard Young, the director of Frontier Energy , a national energy consulting firm, told Civil Eats. And new equipment is often beyond the reach of small restaurants. “We

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Strategies for Achieving a Zero-Waste Kitchen in Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

It’s also a more fiscally responsible approach to business, reducing overheads caused by unnecessary resource consumption. This is one of the most significant areas of inefficiency for any food business. Teach workers how to implement a waste auditing system that allows both you and them to identify patterns in wastage.

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Handling Unemployment Claims with Confidence

Modern Restaurant Management

And that means responding poorly to just a few claims each year can cost thousands in money, time, stress, and avoidable audits. Document everything —even the “small stuff.” That means unemployment claims will keep landing in your inbox. Every claim is a chance to sharpen your process.

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Make High-Traffic Times More Profitable with These Payment Optimization Tips

Modern Restaurant Management

Auditing monthly merchant statements can take weeks or even months to complete. That’s time many busy restaurateurs just don’t have to spare. Artificial Intelligence (AI) auditing technology can help restaurant owners read and understand their monthly processing statements within minutes instead of days.

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Bridging the Gap: Integrating Legal and Insurance Considerations into Restaurant Cybersecurity Response

Modern Restaurant Management

Each of these relationships introduce potential security vulnerabilities, and when customer data is compromised, diners don't blame the third-party vendor – they blame the restaurant, big or small. Implementing a formal vendor risk management program helps restaurants track these requirements across all partners.

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The Cost of B-ing Good

Modern Restaurant Management

These trends are driven by Millennial and Gen Z consumers, who are more willing to pay a premium for sustainable products; those consumers also tend to be more online and acutely aware of the impact of business practices on the lives of people and the future of the planet. But is B Corp certification something restaurants should pursue?

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10 KPIs for Online Food Delivery Every Restaurant Needs

ChowNow

If youre one of the thousands of restaurants that added online food delivery in recent years, you might be wondering: is it actually helping my business grow? The only way to know for sure is by tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) that drive business growth.